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Message: [QUOTE="LukeSilver, post: 3019263, member: 59099"] It depends how you approach poker. Yes if poker is approached in the right way, it certainly can make you smarter. However that depends how you approach it. are you just playing bingo like poker waiting for a good hand without much thought? most players play like this combined with some simple concepts they learned from reading an article. are you breaking down differential equations? linear inequalities? range merging? because the latter if you understand what your doing will likely help you become more adapt. the level of maths applicable to poker can go well into post graduate level. unfortunately a lot of players today are devising what they have learned from the results of computer programing made by some very smart people. When in reality most of the users have little understanding of the math behind these results. One poker professional player i know literally got an E at GCSE maths and never took it further. he acts like a genius but he just learned how to use a computer program and memorized the results into rang merging etc. sure that can improve your memory etc but it wont make much difference to your analytical ability. I mean a good counter question would be can going to the gym make you stronger? if you follow a good diet the right weight program and do it properly absolutely. if you just show up lift the smallest weights with a half ass attitude ponder round the gym then wonder home, your probably not going to get get stronger. anything you can use your brain for, can make you smarter. However as said time and time again in many places the brain is very much like a muscle use it or lose it. you grow smarter or stronger by pushing yourself to the absolute limit until that limit becomes easy then going for the next limit etc. eventually people will reach there peaks at which point no amount of extra work will get you there. However very few people ever reach there full intellectual capacity. you get stronger/smarter by pushing yourself to the extreme. Not by just showing up. [/QUOTE]

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